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Maintaining a Readiness         The ROK Armed Forces has been enhan-
               Posture Against Other Types of   cing the civilian-government-military-
               Provocations                    police integrated defense posture in prepa-
                                               ration for potential terrorist and cyber-
               attacks against key national infrastructure and public facilities in the capital area and
               rear areas. To complete the posture for executing integrated defense operations led by
               the heads of local government, a civilian–government–military–police information–
               sharing system has been built and is being operated while the integrated readiness      Chapter 3
               posture is being reinforced through the development of operational plans and
               response manuals for each type of provocation as well as periodical defense exercises
               and training. In addition, to swiftly counter diverse threats of terrorism, a military
               counter-terrorism special forces unit and counter-terrorism operations units for
               various types of terror threats have been additionally designated. The ROK Armed
               Forces has also been establishing a thorough counter-terrorism readiness posture by
               improving counter-terrorism operations carried out by the civilian–government–
               military–police integrated defense system and enhancing the support posture for the
               integrated defense system.
                 In addition, the ROK Armed Forces will strengthen the civilian-government-
               military-police cooperation system by setting up a collaboration system with the
               Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and updating the crisis response manual
               for GPS signal disturbance to counter North Korea’s global positioning system
               (GPS) jamming attempts, and will continue to improve preparedness and response
               capabilities against cyber-attack attempts.




               3. Maintaining a Readiness Posture Against Full Scale War             Dokdo, the beautiful
                                                                                     island of Korea

               Enhancing Wartime Operations    North Korea continues to improve its con-  13)
               Execution Capabilities          ventional force qualitatively and maintains   It is an exercise for mission
                                                                                     execution by commanding
                                               a posture capable of launching surprise   officers and staff
                                                                                     organizations of different
               attacks and engaging in blitzkrieg with minimal repositioning in contingencies by   echelon levels. During the
                                                                                     exercise, they practice the
               deploying the bulk of its key forces in the forward area south of the Pyongyang–  relocation and operation
                                                                                     of a command post as
               Wonsan line.                                                          well as the procedures
                                                                                     of command and staff
                 In preparation for the North Korea’s threat of a provocation for a full-scale war,   activities under various
                                                                                     scenarios while maintaining
               the ROK Armed Forces continues to enhance ROK–US bilateral operational plans,   communications. They
                                                                                     also learn operational
               certifies and refines them through annual ROK–US theater-level combined command   plans and the application
                                                                                     of standards operating
               post exercises (CPX) .                                                procedures (SOPs).
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